You can’t keep a good man down, or so they say, and when it comes to Alex Nicol, of Sheep Dip Whisky fame, it’s hard to even get a word in edgeways. Alex and wife Jane (another husband-and-wife partnership) couldn’t stop telling me about Edinburgh’s great gin distilling traditions. Up until the early 1900s, as many as 40 stills made gin in Scotland’s capital, and with his Edinburgh Gin, Alex plans to recreate that heritage with a range of historically-inspired gins in his new distillery and visitor center.

  
Alex Nicol with his piglets. 

Located right in the heart of the capital, the $500k investment—slated to open in May this year—will incorporate two copper gin stills, a cocktail bar, a private dining room and a visitor center with a gin lab to allow visitors to make their own gin. With demand growing from consumers eager to visit the distillery, Edinburgh Gin production will return to its spiritual home, and the company plan to create a centre of excellence in gin distillation in collaboration with the local Heriot-Watt University’s renowned School of Brewing & Distilling. First up will be a new high strength 60abv “cannonball” Edinburgh Gin to follow the company’s raspberry and elderflower flavored styles. The U.S. importer is Frederick Wildman & Sons. 

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